Remember....

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

seen at Glenn Greenwald

UPDATE:

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The South Gets a Flag

History of the Confederate flag via Tom the Dancing Bug. (click the graphic below)

Church Burnings

Perhaps you've heard of the six black church burnings recently in the South.  Or perhaps not.  But imagine if ISIS - or any Muslim - had burned one instead of the KKK.

On Tuesday, another one burned.

An African-American church in South Carolina that was burned down by the Ku Klux Klan 20 years ago was the scene of another blaze on Tuesday, officials and a newspaper said, though the cause was not immediately clear.

The fire at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in the city of Greeleyville comes amid a rash of fires that have erupted at black churches across the U.S. south, at least two of which have already been declared as deliberate.

[...]

Federal investigators have said they have so far found no link between the fires at predominantly black churches across the southern United States since the shooting, and none have been labeled hate crimes.

Tuesday's fire would be at least the seventh blaze since the shooting [of nine blacks in a Charleston, South Carolina , church on June 17.]

  Reuters

"No link."

Historically black churches in Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia have been damaged or destroyed in fires that began last Monday. In two cases, the fires may have resulted from natural causes, while three were determined to be arson, and one is still being investigated.

  RT

Well, we know it's NOT terrorism.  How could it be?  No Muslims were involved.

A Leader

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Boycott, Divest & Sanction

The United Church of Christ Palestine/Israel Network has voted to join the BDS movement, "calling for boycotts and divestment from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands."

And good on them.

But, what companies do profit?  Also, check out the BDS movement website.  And a list of six things at Alternet, and 9 brands you can boycott.

Sadly, you cannot withhold your taxes that go to supporting the Israeli military.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Greece Backdate

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Greece Update

Spreading...

In Case You Missed It

CNN was reporting an ISIS flag carrying man at a gay pride rally.

Sometimes it's a good idea to be certain of your story before you run with it.

Here's the story:

CNN journalist Lucy Pawle told viewers she had seen “a man dressed in black and white waving what appeared to be very bad mimicry, but a very clear attempt to mimic, the Isis flag – the black and white flag with the distinctive lettering.”

She added: “I mean, If you look at the flag closely, it’s clearly not Arabic, in fact it looks like it could be goobledygook, but it’s very distinctive – the Isis flag.”

Pawle said she was the only one to have spotted the “distinctive” banner.

She continued: “I seem to be the only person who had spotted this, and nobody seems to be raising any questions or pointing it out, so I immediately went to an events organiser who said he didn’t know anything about it.

  Guardian

The flag is actually not ISIS symbols but butt plugs and dildos.

And the latest Guardian headline on the matter:

CNN took down the video from its website, but as of now, it's still on YouTube.  Pretty funny stuff, as they are claiming a media coup, and voice-over reporters are seriously speculating why the man would be flying an ISIS flag at this event.  Perhaps, one reporter suggests, it's a warning, since it's known that ISIS is anti-gay, and in fact throws gays from roofs, one of their principal goals being to kill gays.  On the other hand, they suggest, maybe it's a gay person mocking ISIS.

Flotilla Update

And, Even As We Speak